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Slovak and Finnish


Finnish and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Finland  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Estonia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Institute for the Languages of Finland  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Czech Language  
Estonian and Livonian Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Finnish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
46  
26
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
38  
27
13  
3

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Moi  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Kiitos  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Mitä kuuluu?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
hyvää yötä  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Hyvää iltaa  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Hyvää iltapäivää  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Hyvää huomenta  

Please
Prosím  
haluta  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Anteeksi  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Heippa  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Minä rakastan sinua  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Anteeksi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Colloquial Finnish  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Finland  

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Rauma  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Finland, Rauma  

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Meänkieli  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Finland, Sweden  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
60,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
5.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
0.01 million  
39

Native Name
slovenčina  
suomi / suomen kieli  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Suomi  

French Name
slovaque  
finnois  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Finnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈsuomi]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
ethnic Finns  

History

Origin
6th Century  
1543  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Western  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
Proto-Finnic language  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
standard Finnish  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Finnish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
fi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
fin  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
fin  

ISO 639 3
slk  
fin  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1269  
finn1318  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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All Slovak and Finnish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Finnish dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Finnish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Finnish Dialects are spoken in different Finnish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Finnish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Finnish dialects include: Colloquial Finnish , Rauma. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Finnish Speaking population

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Slovak and Finnish Language Codes

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